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butter and falted beef of the cargoes hipped from Bourdeaux for the Weft Indies, have been 
hitherto procured chiefly from Ireland, 
From a memoir lately prefented by the Council of Trade at Mar feilles to the French Mi: 
nifter for Internal Affairs, it appears, that in the ten years immediately preceding the Revor 
lution, the total exports from France to all the different ermnporia of the Levant, and to Bar- 
bary, were equal to the value of 8,460,9271. fterling ; that the value of the maports pur- 
chaled with thofe exports, and brought home in retin! in the fame period of time, was not 
lets than 13,035,5101. fterling; and that the average yearly gain of France upon its Levant 
and Barbary trade, from the year 1778 to 1788, was, therefore, not lefs than about 50,0001. 
fterling. TheDutch trade to theLevant andBar bary was not, during the fame time,above one- 
eighth part as much as that of the French. The Venctian trade to the fame places was equal 
enly to about a fixteenth part of the French trade. The Englifh trade to the Levant and 
Barbary, fo confiderable in the time of Charles and James the Second, was but juft equal to 
‘that of Venice. . Woollen-cloth-of the manufacture of the province of Languedoc, was the 
principal article of exportation in this part of the. French trade, the French Government 
afpires to engrofs, by new efforts and regulations, the whole commerce of the Mediterra~ 
nean Sea. 
It is believed that the new Commercial Treaty between Britain and France, will certainly 
ftipulate a diminution of the duties which are now levied in this country upon claret, and 
other French wimes. 
The commercial intercourfe between the Anftrian and the Turkith dominions, overland, 
and acrois the Danube, which had been long interrupted, or rendered exceedingly infecure 
by the war with the rebellious Pachas, has been lately renewed im perfect fafety. it favours 
the conveyance of Britith goods into Turkey; as a great part of thofe of out manufactures 
which are fold at the German fairs, paffes ultimately by land into that country. 
The Bank of Ami{terdam is re-eltablifhed im full activity. Anew Company, confifting of 
five perfons, has-been inftituted at Am{terdam, under the authority of the Dutch Govern- 
ve which has for its object-to profecute the South Whale-fihery from the Cape of Good 
Lope. 
The fales at the late fairs in Germany, in which Eneglifh manufactures fo much furpaffed 
all foreign competition, have a¢ted moft favourably upon the {tate of our cotton manufac- 
tures in every part of this country. Many new works are in a train of erga: as many 
workmen.as can poflibly be obtained, are every where hired. Thole works which were, in 
the beginning of the late war, abandoned, have been again _put into full HEE Cotton- 
wool, which “has been lately low in the market, begins to rife in price. The orders are, in 
fpite of the invidious commercial oppofition of France, from almoft every part of the Con- 
tinent of Europe, from the Mediterranean, and from America and the Weft Indies. A vaft 
quantity of new capital will, hence, be funk in new eitablithments’ for the mianutaéture of 
cotton ; and improving ingenuity will now be applied much more earneftiy than ever before, 
to perfect every part inthe proceffes of fpinnimg, weav ing, and bleaching, and to abridge 
the labour, fo that we may {till be able to bring our goods into the market at a fmaller ex- 
pence than can any of our competitors, 
The iron-works in every part of the country been equally begun to be conduéted with new 
{pirit and profperity, in confequence of the peace. ‘The demand for almott all forts of ma- 
nufactures of iron, is faft increafing ; and in the preparation of fteel, the i iron-mafters of this 
country are rapidly attaining to a fkill unequalled in any other part of the world: hands 
are fcarce to be obtained in futficient numbers for the demands at the iron-works. ; 
The New Docks at Blackwall were opened on Friday laft for the reception of fhipping. 
The fum of 400,G001. has been fubf{eribed as a {tock to be employed in making a canal on 
the North fide of London, from the bafon of the Grand Jun&ion Canal at Paddington, to 
the London Docks at Wapping. The canal between Glafgow and Leith is now in fuch pro- 
grels towards its final execution, that there remains no doubt but the trade of North Britain 
will foon have the full adv antage of it. 
__. Furs, fuch as are ufed by the hatters, are about 40 per cent. higher in price than they 
were a twelvemonth fince. 
MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
INCE our laft, the {tate of the feafon has been remarkably, fine, both for the purpofes 
of filling, ripening, and cutting the crops. Ja many of the midland and more fouthern 
diitritts, much of the whelt and barley crops have been ‘alre ‘udy cut and-fecured. The oa's 
are alfo moftly in nearly a ftate of ripenefs. for being cut. The crops we have already occe- 
fionally obferved, turn out unufually good and abundant. 
Old grain, however, ftil keeps up in price.—-Average price of corm, &c. for England and 
Wales, in the” wéek ending Aug. 14.—Wheat, os. ; rye, £28.53 barley; 323. 10d: ; oats, 
20s. 9d. ; beans, 35s. 7d. ; peate, B8s. 2d. 
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